Mechanically operated toy figure



NOV. 8, 1932. wlMMER 1,886,442

MECHANICALLY OPERATED TOY FIGURE Filed Feb. 5, 1932 y. W: mm r Patented Nov. 8, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HEINRICH WIMMER, OF NUREMBERG, GERMANY MECHANIGALLY OPERATED TOY FIGURE Application filed February 3, 1982. Serial No. 590,681.

This invention relates to a mechanically operated toy figure, the object of which is to present to the child the peculiar and varied movements of a penguin.

There are all sorts of toys made to represent animals, which can be caused to imitate the peculiar kind of motion through a clockwork mechanism mounted in them. These mechanisms and apparatus, however, mostly have the disadvantage that they comprise too many parts and are therefore costly in manufacture.

According to the present invention through the provision of a small clockwork motor with an eccentrically mounted rotating weight in the toy figure, the possibility is provided to imitate in a deceptive and simple and yet cheap manner the four kinds of movement vof a penguin-the turning of the figure with a simultaneous raising and lowering of the head, and opening and closing of the beak and continuous flapping of the wings. According to the invention this is effected by a crank, to which a rotary mo tion can be imparted by the said clockwork motor having a connecting rod pivoted to it, under the up and down motion of which the head of the fi ure which is connected to the end of the r0 and is slidable in the body of the figure can be raised and lowered, the pivoted lower part of the beak, which owing to its weight remains in an inclined position, being opened by the lifting motion and during the downward motion of the head the lower peripheral edge of the latter striking against the lugs of the pivotally suspended wings, thereby producing an outward radial flapping motion of the wings, which is reversed automatically under the action of the weight of the wings, on the head of the figure being raised.

The accompanying drawing illustrates a constructional example of the invention,

Fig. 1 showing the toy in partial'longitudinal section and Fig. 2 the toy seen from the back also in partial section.

In the toy figure (1 representing a penguin, at the lower end of which the naturally formed feet I) are attached, an extremely simple and consequently cheap clockwork motor c is mounted, the intermediate shafts of which, provided for obtaining the requisite transmission ratios, serve different functions. Thus on the shaft d a lead weight 6 is eccentrically mounted, while the intermediate shaft f is formed into a crank g to which an upwardly extending connecting rod 12. is pivoted, the other end of which turns on a transverse pin is fixed in the head i of the figure. The head i of the figure itself is inserted in the body part a so as to be longitudinally slidable therein, being suitably guided at the top by a tubular constriction Z' of the body part. The beak is so constructed that the upper part is integral with the head, while the lower part m is also pivoted on the transverse pin 7: in such a manner that when the head is raised it rests under its own weight on the edge of the constriction Z, the inclined position of the lower half of'the beak shown in Fig. 1 being thus obtained. On either side of the body part a of the figure the wings a, n are pivoted, the ends being bent over to form lugs 0, 0' which extend through slots into the interior of the bod part into the path of the lower periphera edge 2 of the axially slidable figure head The running down of the clockwork motor 0 causes the lead weight e to rotate, thus producing an alternating displacement of the centre of gravity of the whole figure, which naturally results in the latter performing a turning motion. At the same time the con necting rod it has a reciprocating motion imparted to it by the crank g, causing the figure ead i which is pivotally attached to it to be raised and lowered within the constriction Z of the figure body a. The lower part m of the beak, which rests owing to its own weight on the edge of the constriction Z and during the axial motion of the head rocks on its point of support, imitates the opening and closing of the beak. The raising and lowering of the head i also produces a flapping motion of the wings n, 'n, by the descending figure head 2' striking with its lower peripheral edge 1) against the lugs 0, 0' of the pivoted wings n, n and thus producing a radial outward motion of the latter, which, on the head ascending, is automaticall reversed under the action of the weight 0 the wings n n For producing a still funnier efiect of the toy, it may be provided, as shown in the drawin with a pair of spectacles which J'ock about t e pin k.

What I claim is:

1. A mechanical toy figure in the form of a penguin, comprising in combination a body part having a ead part movable upwardly and downwardly thereon, a motor in said I body part having an eccentrically mounted rotating weight for imparting a gyratory motion to the figure, actuating means connected to the motor and the head art for imparting an upward and downwar motion to said head part, wings pivoted to the body part and having means thereon arranged to co-operate with the head part for flapping the wings during the upward and downward movement of the head part and a lower beak part pivoted to the head part and resting under gravity on the bod part so that when the head part is raised t e lower beak part is'inclined downwards and the beak appears to be open.

2. A mechanical toy figure in the form of a penguin, comprising in combination a body part, a head part capable of sliding in the said body part, a clockwork motor dis osed in the body part, a crank capable of eing rotated by the motor, a connecting rod pivoted at one end to the crank and at the other end to the head part of the figurefor imparting an upward and downward motion to the said head part, a movable lower beak part pivoted at one end in the slidable head part and resting under gravity on the body part,

i such that when the head part is raised the lower part of the beak is inclined downwards so that the beak ap ears to be open,'wings pivoted at either s1 e of the body part and lugs on the wings adapted to be'engaged by the lower edge of the head art for swinging the wings apart radially uring the downward motion of the head part and allowing them to dro again on the head part rising again, as an for the purpose set forth;

In testimony whereof I have'signed my name to this specification. 

